Edwards EV1000

6-5
Monitor Display Options
Alarms / Targets
From the Alarms / Targets screen, the user can adjust targets
and enable/disable audible alarms. Alarms occur with either
Medium or High priority. Only parameters that are displayed
will have active visual and audible alarms.
For physiological parameters CO/CI and SV/SVI, the Above
Limit Alarm Priority is Medium and the Below Limit Alarm
Priority is High. For physiological parameters SVR/SVRI
and SVV, the alarm priority is always Medium.
Silence Alarms
Alarms can be silenced directly from the monitoring screen.
The audible alarm is silenced for two minutes.
EV1000 monitors that are configured to a non-English (US)
language, except Japanese, will sound an audible tone for 3
seconds every 3 minutes when alarm is disabled for any of the
key parameters.
1 Touch the Silence Audible Alarms button.
 Alarms can be silenced for two minutes, however alarms
are not turned off unless targets are disabled. Information
on disabling targets is included later in this chapter.
Set Alarm Volume
The alarm volume ranges from low to high with a default of
medium. It applies to alarms, faults, and alerts. Alarm volume
can be changed at any time.
1 Touch the Settings button.
2 Touch Monitor Settings.
3 Touch General.
4 Touch the right side of the Alarm Volume value button to
select the desired volume.
5 Touch the Home button to return to the
monitoring screen.
Set Targets
Targets are visual (lanterns) indicators set by the clinician to
indicate if the patient is in the ideal target zone (green),
warning zone (yellow), or caution zone (RED). The use of
target zone ranges can be enabled or disabled by the clinician.
Alarms (high /low) differ from target zones in that the alarm
parameter flashes and has a audible alarm.
Parameters that can “Alarm” are indicated by a bell icon in
the “Alarms / Target” settings screen. High / Low Alarms by
default also become the ranges for the red caution zone for
that parameter. Parameters which DO NOT have the ability to
set a High / Low alarm will not have a Bell icon in the
“Alarm/Target” settings screen for that parameter but can still
have target ranges set.
WARNING
Do not turn off the audible physiological alarms in
situations in which patient safety could be
compromised.
WARNING
Make sure that the alarm volume is set to a level that
allows alarms to be adequately monitored. Failure to do
so could result in a situation where patient safety is
compromised.
Table 6-1 Target Status Indicator Colors
Color Indication
Green Acceptable – Green target zone is considered an
ideal range for parameter as set by the clinician.
Yellow Yellow target zone is considered a warning range and
visually indicates that the patient has exited the ideal
range but has not entered the alarm or caution range
as set by the clinician.
Red Red alarm and/or target zones can be considered
“Alarm” parameters indicated by a bell icon in the
“Alarms /Target” settings screen. High / Low Alarms
by default also become the range for the red caution
zone for that parameter. Parameters which DO NOT
have the ability to set a High / Low alarm will not have
a Bell icon in the “Alarm/Target” settings screen for
that parameter but can still have target ranges set.
Ranges for the alarm and/or target zone are to be set
by the clinician.
Grey If you don’t set a target, the status indicator appears
as grey.